Blood Pet
Tempest 109 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 109
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Brom
- Market price
- $1.05
What it does
Sacrifice this creature: Add black mana.
"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blood Pet was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed during a period when Wizards of the Coast was refining the game's mechanics, this creature card was created to provide black-aligned decks with a low-cost, expendable resource that could be sacrificed to accelerate mana production. It fits within the expansion's mechanical focus on high-risk, high-reward plays that emphasize the ruthless philosophy of the game's black mana color identity.
The card's evocative imagery was illustrated by Jeff Miracola, who captured the macabre essence of the creature to match the dark, gothic aesthetic prevalent in the Tempest setting. The design intent was to create a functional early-game threat that rewarded players for managing their life totals and board state carefully. Upon its release, it became a staple utility piece in various aggressive deck archetypes, valued for its efficiency and thematic contribution to the set's overall atmosphere.
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